The vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman, together with Vita de Dowel, Dobet, et Dobest, secundum Wit et Resoun, by William Langland (about 1362-1393 A. D.)
Til þow make restitucioun · and rekne with hem alle, [R inserts quod repentance after restitucioun.]And sithen þat resoun rolle it · in þe regystre of heuene, [it] þe C; B om.]That þow hast made vche man good · I may þe nouȝte assoille;
Non dimittitur peccatum · donec restituatur abla|tum, &c.
[assoille] saue R. donec] nisi R. ablatum] oblatum WCB.]Line 279 ¶ For alle þat [haue] of þi good · haue god my trouthe! [[haue C] hauen B; han WO; hath LR.][Ben] holden at þe heighe dome · to helpe þe to restitue. [[Ben WCOB] Is LR. holden] haldynge R. to (2)] R om.]And who so leueth nouȝte þis be soth · loke in þe sauter glose, [nouȝte þis be] this be nouȝt CB. þe] a R.]Line 282 In miserere mei deus · where I mene treuthe,
Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti, &c.
[After &c. follows, in R only, the curious line, þere is no laborere wolde leue with hem · þat knoweth peres þe plowman.]¶ Shal neuere werkman in þis worlde · þryue wyth þat þow wynnest; [Shal] For schal R.]Line 284 Cum sancto sanctus eris · construe me þat on englische." [construe—englische] C om. me þat] me þis W; þou me þat B.]¶ Thanne wex þat shrewe in wanhope · and walde haue hanged him-self, [þat] þe R. him-self] hym W.]Ne hadde repentaunce þe rather · reconforted hym in þis manere, [folio 21] [reconforted] conforted R. hym] CB om.]"Haue mercye in þi mynde · and with þi mouth biseche it,Line 288 For goddes mercye is more · þan alle hise other werkes;
Misericordia eius super omnia opera eius, &c.
[LOR preserve, WCB omit, the Latin quotation. eius] domini R.]¶ And al þe wikkednesse in þis worlde · þat man myȝte worche or thynke, [þe] O om. in] of O. þis] C om. worche] do COB.]Ne is no more to þe mercye of god · þan in þe see a glede;
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The vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman, together with Vita de Dowel, Dobet, et Dobest, secundum Wit et Resoun, by William Langland (about 1362-1393 A. D.)
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Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,
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